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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
The Government of the United States As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Jeffery Ray Owens, Panama City, FL (US);
Rashelle S. McDonald, Panama City, FL (US);
Dmytro Volkov, Lowell, MA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
Rose Bengal for detecting a presence of chemical warfare agents. A method of detecting presence of a chemical warfare agent and includes applying a quinoid form of Rose Bengal to a substrate. When the substrate is exposed to the chemical warfare agent, a lactone form of Rose Bengal is spectrally observed because presence of the chemical warfare agent converts the quinoid form to the lactone form of Rose Bengal.